This is a free online international Information Service covering various topics, including copyright, plagiarism and other IP matters, Open Access, open publishing, open learning resources, institutional repositories, scholarly communication, digitization and library matters, mobile technologies, issues affecting access to knowledge (A2K), particularly in developing countries; WTO and WIPO treaties and matters; Free Trade Agreements and TRIPS Plus; useful websites, conference alerts, etc. Archives are available at: http://www.africanlii.org/content/copyright-a2k-information. If you would like to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, this newsletter, please do so at: http://lists.wits.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/copyrightanda2kinfo or email Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za only (N.B. PLEASE DO NOT SEND TO WHOLE MAILING LIST)
Intellectual Property:
Why ‘fair use’ is so important for SA copyright law
https://techcentral.co.za/why-fair-use-is-so-important-for-sa-copyright-law/85448/
“Fair Use” does not conflict with Berne
South Africa: Intellectual Property And The Shape Of Things
http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?article_id=758062&email_access=on
Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 5: The Multi-Million Dollar Educational Investment in E-Book Licensing
MYTH: Fair use decimated educational publishing in Canada
New Exemptions to DMCA Section 1201 Are Welcome, But Don’t Go Far Enough [EF
Communia endorses Treaty on Education and Research, and asks others to follow suit
WIPO Working Toward Agreement To Finish Broadcasting Treaty This Week
http://www.ip-watch.org/2018/11/26/wipo-working-toward-agreement-finish-broadcasting-treaty-week/
The First Software Licensing Agreement and its Relationship with Copyright Law
Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:
Study sheds light on scourge of fake news in Africa
https://theconversation.com/study-sheds-light-on-scourge-of-fake-news-in-africa-106946
Africa Capacity Report 2017 - Building Capacity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation https://elibrary.acbfpact.org/acbf/collect/acbf/index/assoc/HASH01ad/e44e7241/b749d69a/1a6c.dir/ACR2017%20English.pdf
Opting out is not an option: Why all academic librarians must understand open access
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/22538
Scholarly publishing: EUA asks European Commission to investigate lack of competition
The EU Open Access Fight Continues
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/11/13/the-eu-open-access-fight-continues
A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we’re about to find out how we use our time
Assessing and supporting journal publishing practices in the Global South
http://blog.inasp.info/assessing-supporting-journal-publishing-practices-global-south/
The OA Interviews: Frances Pinter
https://poynder.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-oa-interviews-frances-pinter.html
Turning FAIR Into Reality
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/turning_fair_into_reality_1.pdf
LIBSENSE Survey on Open Access Repositories & Librarians’ Roles - Ubuntunet Alliance Region
https://www.dropbox.com/s/155fokahpl0tleb/UA%20Interim%20Survey%20Report_Final-20181119.pdf?dl=0
Research and Open Science:
Draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation neglects to prioritise issues of performance and human capability (SA)
file:///C:/Users/00658018/Downloads/5679-Main%20document-29172-1-10-20181126.pdf
Open Science Is Liberating and Can Foster Creativity
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691618767878
A Layered Framework for Considering Open Science Practices
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08824096.2018.1513273
The European Open Science Cloud is officially launched
https://eosc-hub.eu/news/european-open-science-cloud-officially-launched
The Vienna Declaration on the European Open Science Cloud
https://eosc-launch.eu/declaration/
Conference Alert:
Science Forum (no registration fee)
12-14 December 2018 – CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
https://www.sfsa.co.za/programme/